Precious Songs of Awakening: Chants For Daily Practice, Feast, and Drubchen
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Liturgies included span the course of a day, a retreat or a great accomplishment ceremony as well as auspicious songs for feast offerings. Many of these chants are hidden treasure teachings but also songs of realization and devotion.
These heartfelt pieces inspired by faith and renunciation are a conduit for settling the mind and creating the conditions to receive the blessings of the lineage masters. They are also works that can benefit deceased people and guide their consciousness onto a higher rebirth.
This analogy is meant for the dedicated student who wishes to progress on the spiritual path and benefit others. They can be sung in one’s shrine room, in a group assembly or when meditating outside in the open air. There is never a situation where any one of these verses will not be favorable.
Guru Rinpoche, Yeshe Tsogyal, Longchenpa, Chokgyur Lingpa, and Mipham Rinpoche have composed the songs as well as other masters and selections from the tantras are included.
Some selections are:
The Aspiration of the Vajradhatu Mandala Chokchu Düshi Aspiration by Guru Rinpoche
The Vidyadhara Chariot by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Prayer for Peace and Stability
Aspiration for the Teachings of Chokgyur Lingpa
The Final Words of Gyurmey Dorje Protective tent and Descent of Blessing
From Le'u Dünma, the Prayer Requested by Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal
For showering down the great resplendence
The Butterlamp Offering
It is a great honor to share such sublime efforts with dedicated practitioners.
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Precious Songs of Awakening - Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche
GENERAL SUPPLICATIONS TO THE LINEAGE MASTERS
Seven Line Supplication
HUNG
Orgyen yülgyi nubjang tsam
Pema gesar dongpo la
Yamtsen chog gi ngödrub nye
Pema jungney shesu drag
Khordu khandro mangpö kor
Khye kyi jeysu dagdrub kyi
Jingyi labchir shegsu sol
Guru pema siddhi hung
HUNG
On the northwest border of the country of Uddiyana,
On the anthers of a lotus flower,
You attained the marvelous supreme siddhi,
Renowned as the Lotus Born.
Surrounded by a retinue of many dakinis,
Following you, I will reach accomplishment.
Please come and bestow your blessing.
GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG
Soldeb Lama Kusum — Supplication to the Trikaya Gurus
EMAHO
Trödrel chökyi ying kyi shingkham su
Chönyi düsum kyegag mepey ngang
Jadrel lhündzog dewa chenpö ku
Namkha shin du tukje chokri mey
Lama chökyi kula solwa deb
Orgyen pema jungney la solwa deb
EMAHO
In the dharmadhatu realm beyond constructs,
The continuity of dharmata, free from arising and ceasing throughout the three times,
Your form of great bliss, actionless and spontaneously perfect,
Is compassion that is impartial like the sky.
Dharmakaya guru, I supplicate you.
Orgyen Padmakara, I supplicate you.
Dechen lhüngyi drubpey shingkham su
Kusung tuk dang yönten trinley kyi
Yeshe ngaden dewar shegpey ku
Tukje jedrag natsok sosor tön
Lama longchö dzogku la solwa deb
Orgyen pema jungney la solwa deb
In the spontaneously present realm of great bliss,
Your sugata form, endowed with the five wisdoms
Of Body, Speech, Mind, Quality, and Activity,
Displays a variety of compassionate forms in manifold ways.
Sambhogakaya guru, I supplicate you.
Orgyen Padmakara, I supplicate you.
Mijey jigten dagpey shingkham su
Tukje chenpö droway dönla jön
Gang la gangdül tabkyi drodön dzey
Deydang ma jön danta düsum kyi
Lama trülpey ku la solwa deb
Orgyen pema jungney la solwa deb
In the pure realm of this Saha World,
You appeared out of great compassion for the sake of beings,
Benefiting them by taming them according to their needs,
Throughout the three times of past, present, and future.
Nirmanakaya guru, I supplicate you.
Orgyen Padmakara, I supplicate you.
Zhelchem Soldeb — Testament Supplication
EMAHO
Chöku künzang drugpa dorje chang
Tönpa dorsem chomden shakyey gyal
Gönpo tsepag mey dang chenrey zig
Yermey pema dela solwa deb
EMAHO
Dharmakaya Samantabhadra and the Sixth Vajradhara,
Teachers Vajrasattva and Bhagavan Shakyamuni,
Protectors Amitayus and Avalokiteshvara,
I supplicate Padma, from whom you are inseparable.
Kuyi dagnyi jampal shinje shey
Sung gi dagnyi wangchen takey tser
Tugkyi dagnyi yangdag heruka
Guru yishin norbu la solwa deb
The nature of your body is Manjushri Yamantaka.
The nature of your speech is the mighty Horse Neigher.
The nature of your mind is Yangdag Heruka.
I supplicate the Wishfulfilling Guru.
Yönten silnön chemchok heruka
Trinley dagnyi dorje shönu ku
Mamo khandrö tsowo ngöndzog gyal
Palchen tötreng tsal la solwa deb
The splendor of your qualities is Chemchok Heruka.
The nature of your activity is Vajra Kumara.
Chief of the mother dakinis, Ngöndzok Gyalpo,
I supplicate the great glorious Tötreng Tsal.
Kuyi yingsu gyutrül shitrö ngang
Sung gi dangkey yanlag chunyi den
Tugkyi gongpa sangtal yongla khyab
Khandröi tsowo je la solwa deb
Within the sphere of your body is the magical display of the peaceful and wrathful ones.
The melody of your voice is endowed with the twelve qualities.
Your realized mind is unimpeded and all-pervasive.
I supplicate you, Lord of Dakinis.
Ku tsab lungten sungtsab terdu bey
Tugkyi gongpa leychen bula tey
Tsewey shelchem böbang yongla shag
Drinchen trülpey kula solwa deb
You foretold representatives of your body, and concealed treasures to represent your speech.
You entrusted the realization of your mind to destined disciples,
And gave affectionate advice to all the people of Tibet,
I supplicate you, kindest nirmanakaya.
Kadrin drenno guru rinpo chey
Tugdam shelshey gongpey sungdu sol
Dü ngen dila retö shen machi
Tukje zigshig orgyen trülpey ku
I think of your kindness, Precious Guru,
Remember your vow and promise; please accept me.
In this dark age, I have nowhere else to turn.
Regard me with kindness, nirmanakaya of Uddiyana.
Tu tsal nüpey dü ngen yotruk dok
Jinlab yeshe wangchen kurdu sol
Nyam dang tokpey tsalshug gyeypa dang
Tendror phenpey tutsal rabden shing
Tsechig sangye drubpar dzey du sol
Dispel the troubles of this dark age with your strength and ability.
Confer your blessings, the great empowerment of wisdom.
Increase the depth of my experience and realization,
Grant me the power to benefit the teachings and beings,
And to attain enlightenment in this very lifetime.
This blessed Testament Supplication, which appears in the life-story of Orgyen Rinpoche, was revealed by the great incarnated tertön, Orgyen Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, at Karma Damchen Drak.
Künzang Dorsem Supplication
Künzang dorsem garab shiri seng
Pemakara jebang nyishu nga
Sozur nub nyag tertön gyatsa sog
Kater lama namla solwa deb
Samantabhadra, Vajrasattva, Garab Dorje, and Shri Singha,
Padmakara, King, and twenty-five disciples,
So, Zur, Nub, Nyang, the hundred tertons, and others,
All gurus of Kama and Terma, I supplicate you.
These were the words of Longchenpa.
Supplication to Omniscient Longchen Rabjam
¹
Dzam ling dzé pé gyen truk chok nyi dang
Equal to the ‘Six Ornaments and Two Supreme Ones’ of our age,
Tukjé lung tok nyam pé tu nga yang
In the depth of your compassion, learning, and realization,
Nak trö dam par bé pé tul shyuk kyi
Longchenpa, through hidden practice as a yogin, in forest hermitages,
Khordé chö kur dzok pé longchenpa
You perfected sa sara and nirva a into dharmakāya reality,
Trimé özer shyap la solwa dep
Trimé Özer (‘Stainless Light’), at your feet I pray!
1 Rigpa Translations
Supplication to Minling Terdak Lingpa
²
Dö né nam dak kun khyap rigpéi shi
Vajradhara, who directly realized the natural state of unchanging ultimate reality,
Tsen dzin trulpéi bup lé rab drol wa
Entirely freed from the confines of delusion and conceptuality,
Gyurmé den dön néluk ngön sum du
In the primordially pure and all-pervading nature of rigpa,
Yong zig dorjé dzin la solwa dep
Gyurmé Dorje, to you I pray!
2 Ibid
Supplication to Lochen Dharmashri
³
Lap sum nam dak mang tö jikten mik
Eye of the world, learned and pure in the practice of the threefold training,
Zapmö neluk ngön gyur naljor chok
Supreme yogin who realized the profound nature of reality,
Kalden ku shyir min dzé ngag gi wang
Maturing fortunate disciples into the four kayas with powerful speech,
Chöpal gyatsöi shyap la solwa dep
Chöpal Gyatso, at your feet I pray!
3 Ibid
Supplication to Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa
⁴
Shé cha kun khyen dro la jé tséi ter
The source of love and compassion for all beings, who knows all that is knowable,
Trimé özer yangtrul tuk ter dzö
You are the emanation of Longchenpa, and heir to a treasury of mind termas;
Osal longchen namkhé naljorpa
Sky-like yogin, of the vast expanse of luminosity,
Jikmé lingpé shyap la solwa dep
Jikmé Lingpa, at your feet I pray!
4 Ibid
The Life Story Supplication to the Incarnated Great Tertön Chokgyur Lingpa
THE MELODY OF THE AUSPICIOUS CONCH
Künkhyab dechen ösal chö kyi ku
All-pervading great bliss, dharmakaya of luminosity,
Khordé nyingpo mishik tiklé ché
Essence of samsara and nirvana, indestructible great bindu,
Ngöpo kün gyi khyabdak dömé gön
Sovereign who encompasses all things, Original Lord,
Jetsün lamé shyab la solwa deb
Jetsun Lama, I supplicate at your feet.
Orgyen sangye nyipé tuk kyi sé
Heart-son of the Second Buddha of Uddiyana,
Ter jin drubtob gyatsö khorlö gyur
Chakravartin of the ocean of accomplished treasure-revealers,
Namtar samyé nyikdü ten drö gön
Protector of the teachings and beings of the dark age through inconceivable life examples,
Chokgyur lingpé shyab la solwa deb
Chokgyur Lingpa, I supplicate at your feet.
Döné rabshyi dütsi nyé gyur kyang
Manifesting an ocean cloud of kayas and realms,
Ku dang shyingkham gyatsö trin kö dé
Through having discovered the nectar of complete peace since the beginning,
Zo kyé chok gi tulku tayepé
I supplicate you who displays the magic of the four conversions,
Dul shyi chotrul tön la solwa deb
The infinity of created, incarnated, and supreme nirmanakayas.
Khyepar gangchen ngadak trisong jé
In particular, you attained the supreme siddhi
Sé kyi tsul zung chok gi ngödrub nyé
As the son of Trisong, the ruler of the Land of Snow.
Sangye ling sok mejung ngotsar bé
I supplicate you who displays the extensive dance of magical manifestations,
Gyutrul gar gyé rol la solwa deb
The wondrous and marvelous Sangye Lingpa and others.
Tukkyé khyé pak nyikmé dro la gong
Your excellent aspiration considers the beings of the dark age.
Trinlé khyé pak gang dul der tün tön
Your excellent activity manifests in accordance with those to be tamed.
Namtar khyé pak ngönmé sangdzö chang
Your excellent life example upholds an unprecedented treasury of secrets.
Khyepar sumden khyö la solwa deb
I supplicate you who are endowed with this threefold excellence.
Do tö sa yi tikler samshyin du
Having consciously taken rebirth in the central place of Upper Dokham,
Kyewa shyé né shyönnü kabsu yang
You awakened, while even a youth,
Palpé yul dé dampé namtar sé
The sacred life example that transcends the domain of commoners.
Deden trowa kyé la solwa deb
I supplicate you who possessed faith and generated admiration.
Chusum shyé tsé orgyen ngö su jal
When thirteen years of age, you met Orgyen in person
Zabter jenang tsal né jin gyi lab
Who blessed you with empowerment of profound treasures.
Lhasé tukdam ten sok ngödrub tob
You received the gift of Lhasey’s sadhana objects.
Congter long né dol la solwa deb
I supplicate you whose mind treasures spontaneously poured forth.
Kar druk dri tak yabsé tsor gyurpé
Without sectarianism, you followed numerous genuinely great beings,
Rimé tsemé kyé chen duma ten
Headed by the hierarchs of Karma, Drukpa, Drikung, and Taklung.
Nyepa sum gyi do ngak dütsi chü
I supplicate you who collected, through the threefold pleasing action,
Tuk kyi palber kyil la solwa deb
The elixir of the nectar of sutra and mantra within the glorious knot of your heart.
Pejung ngö nang pema wangchen dang
Padma Wangchen, who was Padmakara in person,
Palden pawo tsuklak chögyal gyi
And glorious Pawo Tsuklag Chögyal
Da yi lungten dön gyi gyüpa té
Gave you directions and entrusted you with the ultimate lineage.
Gek sel ngödrub nyé la solwa deb
I supplicate you who had hindrances dispelled and attained siddhi.
Khyepar jam gön khyentsé wangpo dang
Especially, you awakened the residual karmic link of father and son
Yabsé drelwé lé kyi tro sé né
With Jamgon Khyentse Wangpo.
Tuk yi chik dré ngotsar tendrel gyi
I supplicate you who, mingling your minds into one,
Gopar gyatrak ché la solwa deb
Opened hundreds of doors for wondrous coincidences.
Kyewé tobpé drimé yeshe chen
For your immaculate wisdom eye, obtained by birth,
Drang ngé chö la kok tu magyurpé
Nothing was concealed of expedient and true teachings.
Khé dang drubpar lom kün zil nönpé
I supplicate you who perfected the great power of the twofold knowledge,
Khyen nyi tsal chen dzok la solwa deb
That outshone everyone pretending to be learned or accomplished.
Sachö sung gi khorlo lasokpar
At the Terrestrial Chakra of Speech, and in other places,
Kyedzok dzogchen naljor tarchin té
You reached the final state of the practices of development, completion, and great perfection.
Trulpa shyik ching lé shyir rangwang jor
I supplicate you who caused confusion to collapse,
Drubpé tsukgyen gyur la solwa deb
Gained mastery over the four activities, and became the crown ornament of siddhas.
Dakpé nangwar padma ö shying du
Again and again, in pure visions you went
Yangyang peb né lama ku sum dang
To the realm of Lotus Light and performed the four aspects of approach and accomplishment.
Jebang tsok ché nyendrub nam shyi dzé
Together with the trikaya gurus and the gathering of disciples,
Wangkur lungten tob la solwa deb
I supplicate you who received empowerment and prophecies.
Gyalwa sé ché yidam pakmé zik
Perceiving countless jinas with their sons and yidams,
Khandro nam dang tsok kyi duwar rol
You partook in feast gatherings with all the dakinis.
Damchen tersung karchok kyong nam kyi
I supplicate you, for whatever you command is carried out
Chi chol ka shyin drub la solwa deb
By pledge-holders, treasure guardians, and protectors of the victorious.
Lama korsum drubdé shyi dang tro
You revealed the three guru cycles, peaceful and wrathful sadhanas,
Nyamjor do gyu dzogchen dé sum sok
The Union, Sutra, Maya, Three Sections of Dzogchen, and others.
Ngönché sateng majön chö ten gyi
I supplicate you who opened for the great treasury of jewels,
Norbü dzö chen chung la solwa deb
The Dharma representations that had never before appeared on this earth.
Dokham né chen nyernga tsor gyurpé
In person, you visited one-hundred sacred places
Né chok gya tsé shyalré ngö gyü né
Headed by the twenty-five major places of Dokham.
Nangwar dzé ching kyegu tayepa
I supplicate you who illuminated them
Tarpé khalo gyur la solwa deb
And became the steersman to liberation for countless beings.
Kar druk